Trouble came calling at their doorstep. Unstoppable. The most valiant of them and the most desperate of all efforts could not ward it off. So they went to the Enlightened One who sat, enveloped and secure, in his halo of light and looked at them with so much compassion it made them weep. The Enlightened …
She dangled lifelessly, in the light of day, her skirts hanging loose about her feet. Her feet were adorned with silver anklets that had tiny, silver mangoes, in an intricate design, and made a faint sound while she swayed gently from the sturdiest branch of the tree. Giving up on dignity that eluded her in …
Little cobwebs spin into a bell tower, a lustrous pearl makes up the clapper, I marvel at the intricate work of art, now adorning my ear. I am transformed, powerful in my revolution, for I refuse to let it all happen to me. Not anymore. The ringing in my ears does not stop. Sound. Echoes …
Suspended from the edge, a sinuous snake slithers, its movement frozen forever in stone as it spreads its hood in anticipation. Fanning five splendid and distinct heads, it gazes with interest at the far horizon. A sentinel watching the changing landscape, its only armour is a necklace, hewn in stone. From one block of hard rock, …
Who even missed the moon on a night like this? The warm orange night sky of the city was dotted with a million lanterns all floating up, bright specks of gold, silver and crimson, reaching the distant heavens. On reaching the stars, they would, hopefully, make each wish come true. I wished upon the …
It was a Friday evening. The lamps were lit in the little altar in the nook of the passage between the kitchen and the bedroom. The divine scent of sandalwood, the incense sticks, permeated the very air of the tiny little 'quarter' that Radha and her family called their home. All the houses in the …
Sarma garu, as he was respectfully called by everybody in the little hamlet by the sea was a man who took everything in his stride. Nothing mattered too much to him, he was what the present generation would call 'cool'. If the rickshaw arrived late, he would simply shrug his shoulders and ask Ramulu if …
Today I shall breathe slowly, deeply and consciously and welcome the air into my lungs. I shall be aware of the ancient life-healing breath pattern. I shall dab on sunscreen and walk in the sun, feeling the warmth seeping into my pores. I shall be conscious of the life-altering energy of light. I shall look up at …
"Now that the love is gone What are we supposed to do After all that we've been through When everything that felt so right is wrong Now that the love is gone?" The lyrics seem like the celebration of a love gone wrong as David Guetta belts out this incredibly catchy song, singing with so …
The storm gathers on the horizon, insidiously, gradually. One moment of blinding sunshine later, you close your eyes to the billowing gusts. You almost had it all and then- nothing. The process? It eludes you, because you are it. And a state of loss prevails. Search as you will, it is futile, taken away from …
